Could someone check out a company?

[monkey7]

I have been contacted by the following company:

PRIZEFLEX LTD, incorporated and registered in United Kingdom. Registered Office: Unit 3, Cygnus Business Centre, Dalmeyer Road, Zip: NW10 2XA, United Kingdom. Registered Number: 02135464 VAT Number: 918 4518 50.

They offered me a $2000 laptop for $700 incl. :| Also a lot of other electronic devices. Payment would be done through TNT / Western Union, which seems to be a reliable method. They also got me the procedure:

1) First you will have to send me your full name and address. I will need them for the shipping.

2) I go to the TNT store and leave the products onto your name as the intended receiver.

3) TNT will check the products to see if everything is OK with them and also the legal papers that will come along with the products.

4) TNT will send you a delivery notification to let you know they have the products you ordered in which you will be told that they have them and that they checked them.

5) At this point you will have to go to a Western Union Agent Location and make a money deposit on the TNT payment agent name for the amount we agreed.

6) After you make the deposit you will have to send the info about the money transfer to TNT (MTCN, sender's name and address)

7) TNT will verify the payment information and if everything is in order they will deliver the products to you .

8) After you receive the products, check them and see that all is in order you will instruct TNT to send me the money.

If by any reason, you will not be satisfied with the products, you will return the product to TNT with no expense.

I will pay TNT for the shipping and you will pay Western Union for the Money Transfer fee.

Sounds reliable to me.

Can anybody find any information on this company? I was looking for a laptop and this one is just superb: http://www.notebookreview.com/price/product.asp?productFamilyID=1023&pid=18573

 

[Ham]

I'd avoid anything like that tbh.

 

[monkey7]

Yeah, I don't really trust it either, that's why I'm posting it here.

Does the UK have any organisation where all companies must be listed? The registered number "02135464" must be from something.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Just about any company that sells things at major discount prices with only money transfer as payment method is bad news.

 

[charlie-j]

Well you didn't enter the competition so I don't know how you won. Check out their status as a limited company.

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/viesquer.do

Says not valid

 

[monkey7]

Hmm that isn't really good news... I have googled their registration number, came with a few relevant hits:

http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/experian/02135464

http://www.ukdata.com/creditreports/viewCompanyDetails.do?companyId=02135464&only-match=1

http://www.thecompanymerchant.co.uk/cms/companies-house/companies-house-documents?companyid=02135464

All sounds quite trustworty there. Might be worth to make a call to the office block they are located.

 

[nathan]

I have been contacted by the following company:

They offered me a $2000 laptop for $700 incl. :| Also a lot of other electronic devices. Payment would be done through TNT / Western Union, which seems to be a reliable method. They also got me the procedure:

Sounds reliable to me.

Can anybody find any information on this company? I was looking for a laptop and this one is just superb: http://www.notebookreview.com/price/product.asp?productFamilyID=1023&pid=18573

anything going through western union is usually dodgy, You can check on companies house for the reg number.

Although companies house doesnt give much info;

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/f1431ec722dec13a8dcf2add77167d85/compdetails

 

[meh]

All incorporated companies have to be registered withe the registrar of companies.

Heres this companies page on the governments site: companieshouse.gov.uk.

 

[monkey7]

Address not found at your link Nathan. What could particularly go wrong with WU payment?

Hmm that companieshouse link does give some information... The company actually exists. I'll wait and see if I get a reply to my email.

 

[nathan]

Address not found at your link Nathan. What could particularly go wrong with WU payment?

Hmm that companieshouse link does give some information... The company actually exists. I'll wait and see if I get a reply to my email.

In my experience only crooks use it!! i dont think you have any come back from it. You should always use a credit card with online payments.

 

[charlie-j]

Why is it listed as a textile wholesale company?

 

[monkey7]

Hmm don't have a credit card :/ I always use paypal. Hmm my brother does though :+

 

[nathan]

Why is it listed as a textile wholesale company?

it doesnt, its listed as wholesale.

 

[VonBlade]

Your alarm bells should be ringing...

In the UK we don't have "zips" we have postcodes. And nobody in the UK would ever call it a zip. Ever.

Profile at London Online clickage

 

[nathan]

Your alarm bells should be ringing...

In the UK we don't have "zips" we have postcodes. And nobody in the UK would ever call it a zip. Ever.

depends if there were selling to a US audiance.

 

[monkey7]

Your alarm bells should be ringing...

In the UK we don't have "zips" we have postcodes. And nobody in the UK would ever call it a zip. Ever.

Profile at London Online clickage

Yep, that makes them ring. Even if the email was also aimed at americans it would probably still be written in proper english.

 

[charlie-j]

Yeah I used to write American on my website.

EDIT, quote from http://www.ukdata.com/creditreports/viewCompanyDetails.do?companyId=02135464&only-match=1

Address: UNIT 3, CYGNUS BUSINESS CENTRE, DALMEYER ROAD, OFF HIGH ROAD, WILLESDEN LONDON, NW10 2XA

Tel: We do not list telephone numbers. Click here to search for a telephone number at 192.com

Type: Private Limited with share capital

Incorporation Date: 29-05-1987

Status: Large unquoted company

Last Accounts Filed up to: 30-06-2008

Last Accounts Analysed: 30-06-2008

Nature of business SIC: 51410 - Wholesale of textiles

 

[Youngie1337]

Western Union is bad news, no point risking. Delete the Email and get on with other deals that are legit.

 

[monkey7]

Yeah I think I'm going that way. Shame though, the deal would be superb.

 

[JN]

Western Union is bad news, no point risking. Delete the Email and get on with other deals that are legit.

Yep Western Union is about as unsafe as it gets. You might as well just bung $700 in an envelope and send it to a random address in Nigeria.